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Mereheadite

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Description
Locality: 
Merehead Quarry (Torr Works), East Cranmore, Somerset, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 2 × 1.7 cm
Description

Orange crystal aggregates of the very rare mineral mereheadite from the type locality and one of the only 4 localities known worldwide.

Good contrast with the matrix.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Mereheadite

Formula: 
Pb47Cl25(OH)13O24(CO3)(BO3)2
Strunz: 
3.DC.45
Hardness: 
3.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Torr Works Quarry (Merehead Quarry), Cranmore, Somerset, England, UK

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